Fluid – Matters | Part 3 Fluid Responsiveness and venous capacitance

This conversation reflects a discussion had at the Perioperative Quality Inititative (POQI). It originally ran under the title, “Intervascular volume and fluid responsiveness” but, as this conversation explains, it was renamed “Fluid Responsiveness and venous capacitance”.

With a genuinely multidisciplinary approach on display here this piece gives you a glimpse at the inner workings of the POQI process. How does macro circulation interlock with micro circulation and cellular function? How do people on the ground measure stroke volumes? What do you do when passive leg raising is not appropriate? How do we address hypovolemia? How do you define fluid responsiveness at the bedside?